Archaeology, cultural heritage and World War II

• Titel: Archaeology, cultural heritage and World War II
• Titelzusatz: Italy, Greece, France and Finland as historical contexts
• Mitwirkende: Crisà, Antonino [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: Antonino Crisà
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: XXI, 301 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: "The edited volume Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and World War II: Italy, Greece, France and Finland as Historical Contexts primarily aims to investigate the impact of war on cultural heritage, antiquities and communities during the last world conflict focusing on selected national frameworks. The essays collected in this volume derive from a two-day international conference, Antiquities, Sites and Museums Under Threat, held at Ghent University in Belgium (15-16 October 2020) and thematically connected to my Marie Skłodowska- Curie Individual Fellowship Cultural Heritage in Danger: Archaeology and Communities in Sicily during the Second World War (1940-45) . . . Collecting and presenting only a selection of eleven contributions arising from the above-mentioned conference, the volume offers fresh and strongly multidisciplinary essays on cultural heritage and World War II studies, assessing twelve case studies that embrace a variety of subjects (archaeology, history, museum, military, social studies, etc.)"--Introduction ; Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-04-69636-5
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2020 : Ghent)
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Archaeology, cultural heritage and World War II. - Leiden : Brill, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 301 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 189557482X

Abstract

"What can you learn about the impact of war on archaeology and museums in past conflicts such as World War II? What was the role of state authorities in protecting antiquities in some European contexts? This volume assesses a variety of targeted, vital case studies providing genuine and fresh data (even unpublished pictures and archival records). For instance, contributions detail on the military requisition of the National Museum of Naples, the burial of artefacts in the National Museum of Athens basement, a little-known military excavation in Milazzo (Sicily), 'wararchaeology' of Crete and the rescue of war remains in Finnish Lapland"--